The meeting of workers of the "Brest Carpets" with Uladzimir Siamashka. Photo by onliner.by

Last week, a sitting of the
departmental Council on labor and social issues took place. It was
attended by the head of the National Committee of the trade union of
light industry Mikhail Kastsian, the head of the concern Mikhail
Suchkou, the first deputy head of the concern Siarhei Misurahin,
etc.

According to the voiced information, in December 2012 the
average wage at the enterprise was a little more than 3.8 million
rubles ($452.6), which is lover than the desirable average, set by
the Council of Ministers - $500.

As it is stated
at the website of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, the
enterprise administration took measures to increase the wage in the
branch.

However, as witnessed by the vacancies market, this
task implemented neither at the end of 2012, nor half a year after
it. In particular, engineers are invited to work at the "Kamvol"
enterprise in Minsk for 3.1 million rubles, economists – for 2.8
million rubles, plumbers – 2.5 million and salesmen – for 2
million.

A similar situation can be observed at the "Sukno"
("Broadcloth") enterprise: plumbers – 3 million rubles,
economists – 3.7 million, engineers-programmers – 3.9 million
rubles, heads of workshops – 3.5 million rubles.

The
situation is still worse in the regions. According to the proposal of
an investment project at Orsha flax combine, the average nominal wage
in this branch of industry is 2.5 million rubles and an average wage
at the Dobrush porcelain factory is 1.6 million rubles.

In
particular, in February weavers received only about 3.6 million
rubles and workers of the decorative workshop – just 2.6 million
rubles.

The critical situation with wages at the "Brest
Carpets" enterprise demanded interference of the head of the
Presidential Administration, Uladzimir Siamashka – the wages were
raised after his visit. At the same time, the official trade union
confines itself to expressing hopes that there will be some changes
to the better, refraining from any actions in support of its
members.